Full Days

We've been hanging out at Grandma's quite a bit the last couple of days, wearing her computers out with Shift, Shift Two, and Shift Three and whatever other games the boys can find. Uncle Casey has brought R2-D2 out a few times to entertain the boys, and that's always a big hit.

We headed out to the county fair yesterday, straight into a rough line of storms. I had a heck of a time navigating the windswept, rain-filled back roads, but Grandpa (in the truck ahead of me,) just plowed through at full speed. Finally the Grandparents pulled off, and after I (miraculously) caught up to them, we decided to head back to Lincoln for some fun times at Champion's. The boy's played for quite a while on the three-story maze and then emptied Grandma's pockets on arcade games. More of that wild and crazy Skee-ball for Corey. We topped the night off at Valentino's, where the boys pigged out, (Corey ate four pieces of pizza!) Valentino's really needs to branch out a bit, and they should start with Michigan!

Today Riley, Shannon and I went to UNI pool and had a pretty good time. Once they cleaned the vomit out of the pool, that is. Right after we got in the pool somebody in Lincolnland did the deed and we had to sit out for over 30 minutes while the staff scooped the bits up and shocked the water. It took me about ten minutes, once the all-clear was given, to convince Riley that it really was safe to re-enter the water. (I just filled him in on how much nastiness was already in the pool and he seemed to appreciate my logic.)

Laura and Grace came over to visit early this evening, you can see Grandma or Laura's blog for pictures. Riley loved playing big brother to a little girl, still trying to prove to me that we could try for one more. He was very good at entertaining her, and she especially seemed to enjoy the shoulder ride he gave her, while he simultaneously gave Grandma a heart attack. Hey, seven year olds don't realize that two year olds don't have the best sense of balance.

We'll be heading to June's in Iowa for a sleep-over tomorrow night, then home on Monday morning. Hopefully the drive will feel a whole lot shorter since we'll be embarking from two hours closer to home than normal. In the meantime, June had better be stocking up on Daiquiri mix...